*crawls out from under couch fort* Another Thursday's come and gone. Next week, maybe, or the week after. (I would be weirdly amused if we get the results in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, as this would be the second year in a row I got my notice during an overnight shift while the floor cleaners stripped and waxed the floors.)

If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. ~ Mark Twain

I hear you there. This is always the hardest quarter to wait for. I think next time I need to get an early start on my Q2 so that the long wait time doesn't hit me like it has the last couple of times.

If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. ~ Mark Twain

Here's a little poem dedicated to the forum's equivalent of a secret handshake:

The day that was ThursdayI've heard some declareIs a lesson in patienceTo anarchy's heir;Not all of us hereWho have torn out our hairJust waiting for ThursdayWhen Thursday's not thereCan have trophies presentedYet for all that we share,We too meet on the levelAnd part on the square.

The best thing in the world for the waiting is work.My agent advised me that my next novel submission had a few too many typos. (Yeah I really suck at proofing.)So I am having my computer read it out aloud, the entire 80600 words.That should keep me out of trouble while Dave decides which category of rejecting I have earned.

bobsandiego wrote:The best thing in the world for the waiting is work.My agent advised me that my next novel submission had a few too many typos. (Yeah I really suck at proofing.)So I am having my computer read it out aloud, the entire 80600 words.That should keep me out of trouble while Dave decides which category of rejecting I have earned.

What software do you use to have your computer read aloud? This could be a useful thing for me as well!

bobsandiego wrote:The best thing in the world for the waiting is work.My agent advised me that my next novel submission had a few too many typos. (Yeah I really suck at proofing.)So I am having my computer read it out aloud, the entire 80600 words.That should keep me out of trouble while Dave decides which category of rejecting I have earned.

What software do you use to have your computer read aloud? This could be a useful thing for me as well!

It's a part of the OS with OS X, but I suspect if you poke around in 'accessibility' parts of your controls panel for a Windows machine you'll find a similar feature.I find that high-lighting about 1/2 a page at a time works perfectly. I read along as it speaks it and that way I catch the wrong word that neraly the right one.Need/needed and so on.

From today's conference call, Dave finished his second pass today, and will be starting his third (and, I think ,though am not sure, final) pass which, it sounded like, he is hoping to get through by Monday or Tuesday.

greenroom wrote:From today's conference call, Dave finished his second pass today, and will be starting his third (and, I think ,though am not sure, final) pass which, it sounded like, he is hoping to get through by Monday or Tuesday.

greenroom wrote:From today's conference call, Dave finished his second pass today, and will be starting his third (and, I think ,though am not sure, final) pass which, it sounded like, he is hoping to get through by Monday or Tuesday.

I refuse to allow my hopes to rise.

You are a smart man, sir. My hopes have stopped rising and turned to fears, as does happen from time to time.

If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. ~ Mark Twain

I submitted an uncritted rough draft to Q1 (that I winced when I reread - I love the basic idea, but I completely mangled the execution of it), which is great for me not getting my hopes up. However, I wouldn't advise this method of hope management :)

greenroom wrote:I submitted an uncritted rough draft to Q1 (that I winced when I reread - I love the basic idea, but I completely mangled the execution of it), which is great for me not getting my hopes up. However, I wouldn't advise this method of hope management :)

I'm just curious whether it will get an HM or an R.

My Q2 is the one that will have me shredding my nails.

I edited and edited my story, and hated every draft but the finished product because it took that long to feel right. I do legitimately think it was the best story I'd written at the time I wrote it, though. Probably why I'm so nervous.

If a person offend you, and you are in doubt as to whether it was intentional or not, do not resort to extreme measures; simply watch your chance and hit him with a brick. ~ Mark Twain